My former T allowed email contact between sessions. Sometimes she would reply and sometimes she wouldn't and I didn't "expect" her to, although occasionally I would ask her to. It helped me process things and helped me tell her things that were important for her to know but I just couldn't say, and have never said, aloud. She found it helpful because I was able to clarify what I meant, or how I was feeling, etc. because I didn't always do a good job of that in session. My new T doesn't allow email contact and I'm okay with that too. Our therapy is going to move much slower (but it already moves slower because I only see her like once per month instead of once per week) but I do try to focus in therapy and clarify what I mean then but I can't always do it. I think my former T was good for me for a long time but since she got sick and can't see me new T might be good for me at this point in my life. I say might because I'm still not sure. I was glad to have access to email with former T and I think it helped me a lot and she didn't ever seem to mind. I'm not sure I would email new T even if she did offer it though. I see her so infrequently that it probably wouldn't matter by the time I saw her again. Kit.